What a game!!!

How is every hitter 0-for-5 with a walk tonight?

Blue Jays right now.

Please don’t let this great game lead to the Manfred Man rule in the postseason

❤️ me some ⚾️

Jacob Misiorowski threw 31 pitches at 100.0+ mph tonight That’s the most by a pitcher in a postseason game under pitch tracking (2008)

Runs scored in the Wild Card round: 18 • Dodgers 10 • Guardians 9 • Reds 9 • Tigers 9 • Yankees 6 • Cubs 6 • Red Sox 5 • Padres

8+ shutout innings, 12+ K in a potential Oct. elimination game: Joe Coleman, Tigers, 9 IP, 14 K, 1972 ALCS Cam Schlittler, Yankees, 8 IP, 12 K, tonight That’s all, folks

Yankees 8+ IP, 0 R, 12+ K in Postseason Game Roger Clemens 2000 ALCS Gm 4 at SEA 526th career start (incl postseason) Cam Schlittler 2025 ALWC Gm 3 vs BOS 15th career start (incl postseason)

Ok now he's up to 12 through 8 shutout innings! Cam Schlittler's 12 strikeouts are the most in MLB postseason history in a winner-take-all game

Babe Ruth pitched a 14-inning complete game, outdueling Sherry Smith who also went the distance Ruth’s Red Sox beat the Brooklyn Robins (Dodgers) 2-1 on Del Gainer’s walk-off single in the bottom of the 14th Tied for 2nd-longest WS game (2018 G3 LAD/BOS 18; 2005 G3 CHW/HOU 14; 2015 G1 KC/NYM 14)

With Connelly Early (23y,182d) slated to start tomorrow, he’ll be the youngest pitcher to start a postseason game for the Red Sox since Babe Ruth (21y,246d) started game 2 of the 1916 World Series

Shout out to Long John Reilly, who made his living primarily as an artist (b/c baseball wasn't a practical job in the 1880s) & survived a shipwreck during his first major league season. Years ago I drew every member of the Reds Hall of Fame (everyredshalloffamer.wordpress.com) and he's my favorite.

Reds are going to the playoffs, baby!!!!

Largest deficits overcome to win division (1969-on) or league (1900-‘68): 2025 Guardians: 15.5 GB 1914 Braves: 15.0 1978 Yankees: 14.0 2012 A’s: 13.0 1995 Mariners: 13.0 1951 Giants: 13.0 h/t @EliasSports

Aaron Judge’s past... ...322 games = .322 BA ...450 games = .450 OBP ...655 games = .655 SLG ...1,027 games = 1.027 OPS

Clayton Kershaw is the active leader in Sac Hits with 110. The next player on that leaderboard is Martín Maldonado with 51.

If Clayton Kershaw allows 146 earned runs to cross the plate before he records another out, he would still have an ERA below 3.00

Some of Clayton Kershaw’s career numbers since his last Cy Young Award in 2014: 240 Starts 124-47 (.725) 2.59 ERA 0.978 WHIP 156 ERA+ 9.8 K/9 27.7 K% 4.9 BB% 5.61 K:BB

Barry Bonds went seven consecutive games without a hit from April 30th to May 9th, 2004. He scored six times & carried a .483 OBP during those seven games. Bonds never went eight straight games without a hit in his career.

Nationals have lost the DH in the 3rd inning-

Who is the most underrated professional Canadian baseball player? A strong case could be made for Eleanor Callow, who was born on this date in Winnipeg in 1927. She's the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League's all-time HR leader (55) and all-time triples leader (60). She died in 1974.

A funny bit would be if the Dodgers and Blue Jays make last-minute decisions on Friday to switch to two young starting pitchers instead of Kershaw vs. Scherzer, going full circle 17 years later bsky.app/profile/eric...

An oddity just noticed: Hal O'Hagan took part in seven triple plays between 1898 and 1907, all in the minor leagues, plus two in the majors. One of these, on August 18, 1902, was an unassisted triple play, and was long regarded as the first such.

The day after trade deadline feels like a good time to mention that the price of an annual FanGraphs membership is going up from $60 to $80 on Monday. The good news is that this makes a three-year membership for $150 a massive bargain for the next 72 hours. plus.fangraphs.com/product/fang...

According to @retrosheet.bsky.social data, the Reds have a scheduled off day this Sunday this weekend for the first time since 8/20/1933 (not counting Sunday Opening Days where the Reds didn't play).

Most Home Runs hit from the 2nd position in the batting order: 230 • Mike Trout 186 • Ryne Sandberg 186 • Aaron Judge 169 • Corey Seager 140 • Derek Jeter

Bumped into this guy today.

A couple of the beer choices in Cooperstown this year.

The undersized Billy Wagner came from a broken home and an impoverished background. He channeled his frustrations into throwing incredibly hard — with his left hand, for the natural righty broke his right arm twice as a child. @jayjaffe.bsky.social on the ultimate underdog's journey to Cooperstown:

JULIOOOO Julio Rodriguez is the first player in MLB history with 15+ home runs and 20+ SB in each of his first 4 career seasons

Let's take a few moments to appreciate the defensive excellence of the Toronto Blue Jays MLB-best 7 players with at least 5 Runs Saved A CF who rarely makes a mistake A catcher who is best by the stats over last 4 years @marksimon.bsky.social writes: www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2025/07/10/w...

Since 1974, most consecutive outs recorded by a reliever vs one opponent without allowing a hit 1996-2001 Billy Wagner vs PIT 52 2009-2014 Neftali Feliz vs SEA 49 2022-ACTIVE Devin Williams vs CIN 45

Intentional Walks All-Time Barry Bonds 688 Tampa Bay Rays 688

Left-hander Tom Drees who threw not one, not two, but three no-hitters for the triple-A Vancouver Canadians, then a Chicago White Sox affiliate, in 1989 turns 62 today. Happy Birthday to him! P.S. Despite those three no-hitters, the White Sox never called him up that season.

SUPER CANADIAN BASEBALL STAT OF THE DAY Dedicated to Ron Taylor (Toronto, Ont.). Some of Taylor's MLB highlights: -Threw 11 innings in MLB debut - most by a pitcher in AL history -Did not allow a hit or a run in seven innings in WS. -4 WS rings (2 as player, 2 as doctor)

77 years ago today - Babe Ruth bids farewell to Yankee Stadium. He uses Bob Feller’s bat to lean on in his weakened state. Feller inscribed the photo and wrote a letter to me about the day.

Longest stretches without pitching a shutout (since 1901): 199 games • 1939-40 Browns 198 games • 1997-98 Athletics 197 games • 1928-29 Braves 192 games • 1998-99 Royals 184 games • 2024-25 Rockies ** 169 games • 1993-94 Rockies ** denotes active streak

Three times in 2024 a Phillies player was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded: > Alec Bohm (May 4, vs. Giants) > Alec Bohm (May 13, vs. Mets) > Alec Bohm (May 14, vs. Mets)

86 years ago today, after belting two home runs off A's starter Bob Joyce the previous day, Yankees outfielder George Selkirk (Huntsville, Ont.) clubbed two more off Joyce when Joyce entered the game in relief. With that, Selkirk homered in four consecutive at bats vs. Joyce in two days.

Teams without a walk-off victory this season: Baltimore Orioles (19-34) Cincinnati Reds (27-28) Colorado Rockies (9-45) Philadelphia Phillies (34-19)

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Now that the Black Sox players have been removed from MLB's permanently ineligible list after 104 years, here's the most accurate history we know on what really happened in the 1919 World Series, from SABR's Eight Myths Out: sabr.org/eight-myths-...

.400+ AVG & 15+ HR Through 43 Team Games Chuck Klein 1930 PHI .403 | 16 Jimmie Foxx 1932 PHA .415 | 18 Mickey Mantle 1956 NYY .419 | 20 Manny Ramirez 2001 BOS .406 | 15 Aaron Judge 2025 NYY .412 | 15

Yankees/Mariners - rubber game #LetsGoYankees

Japanese women’s baseball legend Ayami Sato made her debut today as the first woman in a men’s professional baseball league in Canada and retired the side in order in her two innings. Story from the Toronto Star: www.thestar.com/sports/baseb...

Giddy up...Aaron Judge with a .409 batting average Yankees Batting .400+ Through 40 Team Games 1956 Mickey Mantle .430 1994 Paul O'Neill .465 2025 Aaron Judge .409 MLB's highest AVG at the 40-game mark since David Wright's .409 with the Mets in 2012

It’s been a minute since a team allowed 10+ runs in five consecutive games

The Padres scored 21 runs tonight and somehow that's not nearly as impressive as Stephen Kolek throwing a complete game shutout in Coors Field absolutely incredible outcome